Top 5 Lists

Here's the space where we'll be tracking various Top 5's rankings.  I'll update these as I watch them, so the lists are NOT final until all episodes are watched.

Moments.
1. Running across the sand to the sound of God's music.  The Gauntlet (#1)
2. Escape from the attic.  The Prodigal (#2)
3. Revelation of MacGyver's first name.  Good Knight MacGyver (#6)
4. Being saved by Pete in the avalanche.  Out in the Cold (#7)
5. Defusing the bomb with the hockey ticket.  Phoenix Under Siege (#10)
6. Giving the doll to the little girl on the train.  Slow Death (#51)
7. Cruising through the desert, firing a rocket from a Cadillac.  Three for the Road (#16)
8. Meeting his parents on the boat to Heaven.  Passages (#58)
9. Remembering his mother and "ice cream" at Christmas time.  The Madonna (#69)
10. Saving the kids from the well on the Amish farm.   The Outsiders (#23)

Villains.  My criteria is competency.  Who are the toughest villains MacGyver has faced off against?
1. Murdoc.  Serenity (#95), Partners (#22), Obsessed (#17), Cleo Rocks (#14), The Widowmaker (#9), Strictly Business (#8)
2. Piedra.  The Assassin (#54)
3. Dr. Zito.  Lesson in Evil (#19), Deadly Dreams (#18)
4. Glass.  Log Jam (#11)
5. Warden and Sheriff.  Jack in the Box (#30)
Honorable Mentions:

• Morgana.  Good Knight MacGyver (#6)
• Victoria James.  Phoenix Under Siege (#10)
• Bobby Lee.  The 'Hood (#24)
• Deborah.  Unfinished Business (#79)
• Hakim and Tarik.  Passages (#58)
• Curt Neilson.  Nightmares (#71)
• Yanif.  Cease Fire (#27)
• Buddy.  Last Stand (#36)
• Catlin.  The Heist (#52)
• Erich Von Leer.  Legend of the Holy Rose (#81)
• Ralph.  The Eraser (#110), Back From The Dead (#109)
• Chantara.  The Road Not Taken (#47)

Love Interests.  Who would have been MacGyver's best long-term partner were he so inclined?
1. Kate Connelly.  The Gauntlet (#1B), Friends (#103)
2. Karen Miller.  The Endangered (#12)
3. Debra Easton.  The Road Not Taken (#47)
4. Amy Austin.  Flame's End (#122)
5. Susan.  Flame's End (#122) 
Honorable Mentions:

• Maria.  MacGyver's Women (#113),  The Wall (#53)

MacGyverisms / Escapes
1. Constructing a rocket powered harpoon and a zip line out of parts found in an attic.  The Prodigal (#2)
2. Building a rocket launcher from car parts.  Three for the Road (#16)
3. Flinging a shoe to knock a hairy mask off a water tank and stop the pendulum.  Legend of the Holy Rose (#81)
4. Disappearing by hiding behind a paper wall that looks like a rock.  Murderers' Sky (#26)
5. Escapes from cell and blows up gunpowder lab using hydrogen balloon, lightning, and a kite. Good Knight MacGyver (#6)

Honorable Mentions:

• Building a plane out of a fan, bamboo sticks, garbage bags, and duct tape.  Legend of the Holy Rose (#81)
• Hanging out of a speeding car and putting power steering fluid into the brake cylinder.  The Enemy Within (#76)
• Builds a hot-air balloon from scratch in two hours.  GX-1 (#46)
• Defuses a bomb with a hockey ticket.  Phoenix Under Siege (#10)
• Makes a mini-parachute using his bandanna, zipper, and ski pole.  Out in the Cold (#7)
• Attaches a leaky paint can to bottom of truck.  Blow Out (#28)
• Using wine glasses of varying capacities to unlock a pitch-sensored safe.  The Heist (#52)
• Using chocolate bars to stop an acid leak.  Pilot (#65)
• Building a flying parachute out of a tent, cables and a fan.  The Wasteland (#85)
• Using a mirror to reflect the sunlight onto a stealth helicopter's sensor and release knockout gas using morse code.  Honest Abe (#135)
• Uses metal pole and skeleton's hand to release mechanism and escape from torture rack. The 'Hood (#24)
• Reconstructing human skull out of erasers to look like Penny Parker's Aunt Betty.  The Secret of Parker House (#125)
• Flinging a shoe to hit a liquid nitrogen tank and propel it towards him.  Obsessed (#17)

Wingmen.  Who would you want by MacGyver's side when the going gets tough? 

1. Luke Chen.  Murderers' Sky (#26)

2. "Earthquake" Toberman.  The Spoilers (#41)

3. Murdoc.  Halloween Knights (#48)

4. Jesse Colton. Second Chance (#127)

5. Earl Dent.  Harry's Will (#120), High Control (#102), Split Decision (#88)

Honorable Mentions:

• Sean A. Malloy (Sam).  The Stringer (#57)
• Jack Dalton.  Lost Love (#64) and many others
• Kate.  Ugly Duckling (#38)
• Bannister.  The Enemy Within (#76)
• Diana.  For Love or Money (#106)
• Enrique.  The Treasure of Manco (#107)
• Trumbo.  Trumbo's World (#119)
• Lobo - Off The Wall (#99)
• Frog Dog - The Coltons (#55)

Top 5 Murdoc "Deaths".

1. Falling off The Widomaker.  The Widowmaker (#9)

2. Falls down a mine shaft.  Strictly Business (#8)

3. Electrocuted and falls into a fire pool.  Cleo Rocks (#14)

4. Blown up in a building demolition zone.  Partners (#22)

5. Drives off a cliff.  Obsessed (#17)

Honorable Mentions:

• Shot in the shoulder and throws grenade into snake pit.  Halloween Knights (#48)
• Blown up in a truck.  Partners (#22)

Musical Tunes.  What are the best tracks in the series?  Like if I was making a cd, what music from the show would I include on it?  Some of these tunes are heard in multiple episodes, some of them just once. To listen to these, check out the official MacGyver Project Soundtrack! 
1. Running across the sand to the sound of God's music.  The Gauntlet (#1)
2. Escape from the attic.  The Prodigal (#2), Pilot (#65)
3. Instrumental MacGyver.  A sweet, uplifting piano version of the melody that will never fail to bring a tear to your eye.  That is, if you have a soul.  Trumbo's World (#119), Slow Death (#51)
4. Good Knight MacGyver theme.  Good Knight MacGyver (#6)
5. Cruising through the desert, firing a rocket from a Cadillac.  Three for the Road (#16)
6. Phoenix March.  Phoenix Under Siege (#10)
7. Breaking through the barrier.  Pilot (#65)
8. Opening Credits theme song, Season 2.
9. Cosmic MacGyver.  Gold Rush (#89) 23:34, The Battle of Tommy Giordano (#21), The Survivors (#5)
10. MacGyver thinking music.  Pilot (#65), Bushmaster (#32), Pirates (#19)
11. Latin MacGyver.  Bushmaster (#32)
12. Opening gambit.  Thief of Budapest (#34)
13. Minor MacGyver.  We hear this one a lot in the later years when he's thinking or working his way out of a problem.  Off The Wall (#99), Split Decision (#88), Jerico Games (#84), Squeeze Play (67), The Wall (#53), The Black Corsage (#45), Bitter Harvest (#44), The 'Hood (#24), Log Jam (#11), Strictly Business (#8)

Honorable Mentions:

• End Credits with funky beats, Season 1.  The Enemy Within (#76), Slow Death (#51)
• The classic MacGyver, first line of the theme slowed down a little - Trumbo's World (#119) 7:50
• Boat chase - A Prisoner of Conscience (#118)
• Suspenseful tune with power beats - Twice Stung (#101), The Spoilers (#41), Easy Target (#40)
• Rooftop Chase - Off The Wall (#99)
• Western Theme - Serenity (#95)
• Tough Boys theme - Tough Boys (#90)
• Electronica - Gold Rush (#89)
• Training for the Fight - Split Decision (#88)
• Airplane take-off - Jack of Lies (#82)
• MacGyver in action - Fraternity of Thieves (#78)
• Lost Love theme - Lost Love (#64)
• Passages boat theme - Passages (#58)
• Father/son theme - The Stringer (#57)
• Driving into town - Bitter Harvest (#44)
• Beating Drums - Walking Dead (#43)

Shot Chart.  How many times have MacGyver and Pete been shot?  If you want to understand why this is relevant, read about my childhood game entitled "Dodge the Bullet" which I described in an episode recap (link).

MACGYVER
1. To Be A Man (#112)
2. Back From The Dead (#109)
3. Humanity (#94)
4. Trail of Tears (#93)
5. The Stringer (#57)
6. DOA MacGyver (#50)
7. Brainwashed (#33)
8. Cease Fire (#27)

PETE

1. On a Wing and a Prayer (#114)
2. Nightmares (#71)
3. The Survivors (#5)